The Traitor's Niche

by Ismail Kadare

Book Overview

"Kadare is inevitably linked to Orwell and Kundera, but he is a far deeper ironist than the first, and a better storyteller than the second. He is a compellingly ironic storyteller because he so brilliantly summons details that explode with symbolic reality." --The New Yorker

At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the severed heads...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640092021
• ISBN13: 9781640092020
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Catapult
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"